8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

750mL bottle. Pours murky blonde with white head. Aroma has tons of rustic saison yeast, dry barrels, some tannic wine character. Flavour has rustic saison yeast, bugs, some acetic acid, lots of buttery oak barrel and white wine character. This is excellent.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

750mL bottle, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is very complex, with lots of wild bugs, buttery chardonnay, and oak. Flavour is light-to-moderately acidic, with some buttery chardonnay, oak, and rustic saison yeast. Tons of buttery chardonnay, rustic notes, and oak, with just a touch too much acetic character on the finish. Excellent.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pale and a bit of haze. The head died down fairly quickly. On the palate, it's tart, bretty, with a decent amount of acidity. The chardonnay lends some fruitiness, especially in the finish. Lemony, decent, but it might be a bit on the simple side.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750ml (thx, Brent D.!) @ Matt's house. Vintage 2019. Appearance: a bit hazy golden with a white head. Aroma: funky, some oak, slight notes of manure, quite sophisticated. Taste: along the same lines, bready, malty, funky, some noticeable tartness here that's observed mostly in STL saisons. Overall: good, but was overpriced as everything close to be good from SP.

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Poured from 750mL bottle. Hazy blonde gold with small white head. Oak, soft saison yeast, light tartness, underlying chardonnay quality. Decent.

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle. Tart, slightly funky and sour with some vinous oaky notes, fruits and hints of yeastiness. Pretty refreshing and nicely balanced

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

750mL 2019 vintage, drunk 8/20/22. Good clarity in this blonde-to-light-amber beer with a small, white head showing moderate retention. Pretty straightforward mix of lactic-acetic acid with fruity brett, cherry, caramel-to-honey-like malt. Fruity, tart, clean, maybe a bit maltier than I'd like, with still somewhat aggressive acidity. For three years old I'd expect more mildness from the cultures. Still, it's fine, no problems. In the mouth it's richly, thickly wheaty with tart acidity leading to sweet cherry, light caramel, moderate vanilla and fruity, cherry-heavy brett notes. Malty, medium-full body, a bit aggressive/unrefined acidity and strong barrel tannin, though no remnants of the Chardonnay. Clean and no alcohol, but honestly quite pedestrian. Not exactly a hot take, but I'm sure this would be about .5 points lower if it didn't have the Side Project name. Maybe in 5 years this will be better? Would certainly happily test that theory.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Flaska från Side Project, vintage 2017. Klar, guldfärgad med vit krona. Rejält med citrus, citronskal, pomelo, funk, fat, lätt vitvinskaraktär, bra med syra.

8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours clear pale golden, small fizzy white head, hints of lacing. Aroma is bugs, lemon, oak, hints of stone fruit, tannin, basement, mineral water. Flavor is light plus tart, light funk, bright, lemony, clean. Light body, sporty carbonation. Quite lovely.

8

Ratebeer Odense, June Monday. Hazy golden with a small white head. Complex aroma with golden fruit, spice and oak. Dry and tart fruity flavour with lots of oak, white wine and spice.